Mnemonics Worksheet: Memory Rhymes
Memory tip (Say it with a beat): Put the fact first, then end the line with a rhyming word: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little tricks.” Rhyming words share an ending sound: cake – lake – snake; night – kite – light; sun – run – one. Say it aloud with a beat, again and again, until it sings itself.
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- 1.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) brain (b) won (c) lane (d) train
- 2.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) star (c) one (d) world
- 3.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) chain (b) shock (c) key (d) bright
- 4.🎵 Which word does “sing” rhyme with? (a) night (b) clock (c) tree (d) king
- 5.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sea (b) knee (c) tea (d) fight
- 6.True or false: “block” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) read it once silently (b) say it aloud often (c) never say it (d) change it each day
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) main (b) well (c) knock (d) one
- 9.🎵 Which word does “train” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) bell (c) rain (d) tree
- 10.🎵 Which word does “light” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) clock (d) king
- 11.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) one (c) fun (d) run
- 12.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no practice (c) they are always true (d) sound patterns stick
- 13.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bite (b) sell (c) tell (d) smell
- 14.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) tell (b) smell (c) three (d) sell
- 15.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lock (b) sock (c) white (d) rock
- 16.🎵 Which word does “won” rhyme with? (a) night (b) clock (c) bell (d) sun
- 17.🎵 Which word does “snake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) king (d) rain
- 18.True or false: “write” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bee (b) tea (c) free (d) sing
- 20.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) writing it tiny (b) no rhythm at all (c) a beat or a tune (d) saying it once quietly
- 21.True or false: “plane” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) white (b) rock (c) key (d) shell
- 23.🎵 Which word does “bee” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) cake (c) tree (d) rain
- 24.True or false: “ton” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🎵 Which word does “make” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) bell (c) night (d) cake
- 26.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) run (b) smell (c) lane (d) rake
- 27.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) say (b) write (c) learn (d) know
- 28.True or false: “key” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: “main” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fun (b) rock (c) knock (d) lock
- 31.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) king (b) night (c) cake (d) rain
- 32.True or false: “done” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shock (b) sock (c) swing (d) block
- 34.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knock (b) rock (c) write (d) block
- 35.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) king (b) rain (c) bell (d) cake
- 36.🎵 Which word does “one” rhyme with? (a) king (b) rain (c) sun (d) bell
- 37.🎵 Which word does “lake” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) clock (c) cake (d) rain
- 38.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lock (b) rock (c) block (d) spring
- 39.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) fast (b) more (c) twice (d) again
- 40.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) fight (b) knee (c) done (d) swing
Answer key
- won
- one
- chain
- king
- fight
- False
- say it aloud often
- well
- rain
- night
- shell
- sound patterns stick
- bite
- three
- white
- sun
- cake
- False
- sing
- a beat or a tune
- False
- white
- tree
- True
- cake
- smell
- know
- False
- False
- fun
- night
- True
- swing
- write
- cake
- sun
- cake
- spring
- more
- done
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